What are some good apps/widgets to download? - Droid Incredible General

Seeking suggestions on some good widgets/apps. My interests are social networking, music, ..the norm.
Also, what do you guys think about the "Twitter for HTC Sense" widget vs. the "Touiteur"?

For music services try pandora or slacker. For players, poweramp, mixzing, or meridian. For song id shazam.
Some people like Foursquare.
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SkyRaider Sense 3.3.3
KiNgxKernel BFS (#6)
Radio 2.15.00.07.28

Double twist is a good music player and tweetdeck is good for social networking
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

PowerAMP is the best for music players. Hands down. I bought the full version today - the trial is full-featured but expires after a while.
I use Peep (the HTC twitter widget) but I don't do any tweeting I just follow stuff and check up on it a few times a day. Definitely get Handcent; it's a great SMS replacement app that is really customizable. My favorite is getting it to split messages after 160 characters by word, so there's no word being cut off, and you dont get an annoying message from Verizon about how you can't send over 160 characters to carriers other than Verizon like you do with the stock app.
For web browsing, I'd pick up Dolphin HD. I like it better htan the stock one because I can exit out of it and end the process - for a while I was having problems with the stock browser getting my phone hot and using CPU while I wasn't using it.
Definitely get Appbrain. Then:
On Appbrain, you can install an app called Car Home released by Google. It replaces the (awful) stock "Car Panel." Add it to your phone from the web site and then install it from the application and open the Car Panel app and choose Car Home. It's much more customizable and it doesn't use GPS all the time whenever it's open.
Obviously, get Angry Birds.
Good Morning is an alarm app that I like. It starts playing music and then tells you the time, day, weather, and if you purchase it, your calendar appointments for the day. Get the free version and then upgrade if you want multiple alarms and the calendar appointments.
Hope this helps enjoy your phone.

Here's a list of my apps:
Apps on the HTC Droid Incredible
Phone: HTC Droid Incredible
70 total, 68 free (97%), 2 paid (2%), 92MB total size, $4.03 total price
- Dolphin Browser™ HD
- Home Switcher - switches between launchers
- Delete old messages - haven't had to use yet; deletes SMS to speed up the phone
- Pandora Radio
- SiMi Clock Widget - nice clock widget
- PowerAMP Music Player (Trial) - i bought the full verison but it doens't show up in appbrain
- XDA-Developers
- Fandango Movies
- AppBrain App Market
- Handcent SMS
- TV Listings for Android - don't have a comcast box in my basement
- Lookout Mobile Security - like in the VZW commercial
- Chess for Android
- OneSeven - 1x4 widget showing the day of the week
- SpeedView - gps speedometer
- Paper Toss - game
- Dropbox - definitely check this out if you don't know what it is
- Yahoo! Music Radio
- Vlingo: Words to Action
- Adobe® Reader®
- WidgetLocker Lockscreen - don't really use this; it's laggy and inconsistent
- Slacker Radio
- BattStatt Free - battery percentage spelled out (right now it says sixty percent)
- HotSpot Toggle - for using free vzw wifi hotspot
- Beautiful Widgets - can't use the HTC clock with launcherpro
- LauncherPro - alternate launcher
- Shazam
- Google Goggles
- Barcode Scanner
- SportsTap
- Good Morning
- ASTRO File Manager
- Facebook for Android
- Voice Search
- Google Search
- Street View on Google Maps
- YouTube
- Amazon.com
- Adobe Photoshop Express
- Handcent Location Plugin
- TFLN - texts from last night... good widget
- SleepTimer - shuts off music after a specific amount of time
- CallTrack - creates events in gcal of your phone calls.
- Amazon MP3
- Mobile Banking - Bank of America
- FOX News - yep
- Google Chrome to Phone
- Fast Reboot
- JuiceDefender beta - shuts off 3g data while the screen is off, but still allows it every 15 minutes to check for emails. useful when you work in a building with no service
- Edwin, Speech-to-Speech
- Patience Revisited solitaire
- RADIO 104.1 WMRQ
- Dial Zero v1.04
- PdaNet - don't use this now that I use vzw hotspot for free
- Angry Birds
- StumbleUpon - add porn mode
- Wolfram Alpha Search
- Ringdroid
- Music Mod (Froyo Only) - don't use this, poweramp is way better
- Battery Left Widget
- Note Everything - best note taking app
- SystemPanelLite Task Manager
- Gmail Unread Count - widget that's a gmail icon with the number of unread messages as a bubble. just opens gmail if you tap it
- PapiJump
- Tuner - gStrings - guitar tuner
- Flash Player 10.1
- Gmail
- Google Maps

Can't thank you enough for your time and input. Def. gonna try some of these out.

poweramp kinda sucks I use winamp.
Also, I don't really understand why people use custom browsers on android, the stock webkit is great.

tv show favs is a great app for keeping track of tv programs. Great if you have a lot, but sometimes forget to watch when they air. Love it

Great list! I found that you and I have many of the same. Some that I might add though...
-Mobile Queue for Netflix users (until there is an official Netflix app)
-Open Table to make restaurant reservations on the go
-Basichords to go with gStrings Tuner for guitar players
-TIKL for people who enjoy Push To Talk (PTT) functionality
-Pulse for a decent RSS reader
-ESPN ScoreCenter
-VocaNote - you can record voice notes with this app, it translates them to text and sends to your in either SMS or email format (can specify). Love this app for taking notes in the car!
-SoundHound - I prefer it over Shazam, but basically the same thing (I purchased the unlimited song "findings" version)
-Dazzle Widget or Extended Controls - gives you the functionality of toggling sound, display, GPS, bluetooth, Airplane Mode, etc. from one 1x4 widget. (I purchased Extended Controls but Dazzle is probably just as good for free)

If you are rooted...
Root Explorer (by far the best money I ever spent on an app, especially if you're into modding)
Titanium Backup Pro
Quick Boot
Drocap2
AdFree Android
Rom Manager Premium
SetCPU
Rescan Media
And the apps that root is not required...
Quick Settings
Spare Parts
SugarSync
Dropbox
MultiPicture Live Wallpaper
SystemPanel App / Task Manager (paid, not lite)
Jorte
XDA-Developers
Good Morning
Multicon Widget
Keeper Password & Data Vault
Handcent SMS

Any sports fan needs ScoreMobile.
Get psx4droid just to impress people that your phone can play playstation games.
Ringdroid to turn your songs into ringtones very easily.
Taptalk for forums.
Wireless tether for hotspot.
Google sky map still amazes me.
Live holdem greatest online poker game on android.
Lookout mobile security in case some jackass steals your phone.

Jes7er said:
Here's a list of my apps:
Apps on the HTC Droid Incredible
Phone: HTC Droid Incredible
70 total, 68 free (97%), 2 paid (2%), 92MB total size, $4.03 total price
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What did you use to generate that report?

spatton said:
What did you use to generate that report?
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I'm guessing 6th grade math.....

spatton said:
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Appbrain. It used to be more useful than it is now, but it still lets you browse apps on your computer and add them to a list that you cam install from your phone in the app.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

chris7os said:
I'm guessing 6th grade math.....
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Lol 99%
Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm Two Point Two RLS4.

adw.launcher and adwnotify - I like adw better and adwnotify gives me the unread count wherever the icon is.
handcent sms for texts - top notch app
angry birds for waiting in lines
Astro file manager
dropbox (easiest way ever to get things to your phone)
autostarts - this lets me control what starts on startup, so i can do things like make the random games that i play once a week not start up every time i boot the phone.
barcode scanner
dolphin browser - yay tabs!
Touchdown/exchange for my work email (yes, i know they can remote wipe it if they want....since i wipe the whole thing myself every couple of weeks to play with a new rom, that hardly matters.)
appbrain
lookout mobile security or threat aware (trying this one out)
mahjong
pandora
robo defense
springpad (awesome note taking app that syncs to the web)
trap! (annoying awesome game)
U.S. Army Survival Guide (in case of zombie apocalypse)
XDA
Y5 Battery Saver (turns off wifi unless you are in range of a remembered wifi hot spot)
Two that I wish worked better are:
Widget Locker (as stated above - can be laggy and flakey - replaces the lock screen but lets you put whatever you want on it.)
ICE - In Case of Emergency (also replaces lock screen, but force closes on 2.2 a LOT)

Some apps I haven't seen mentioned, For humor, try
Fml, epic fails, demotivational posters, daily comic strip
For shopping, amazon, best buy.
For in the car, I just ordered a blueant s4, which has app that goes it that will read texts to you, allow for navigation to be read via Bluetooth, and announce callers and give option to answer or not. Haven't got it yet, don't know how well it works.

Is car home gone guys?
Sent from my HTC Incredible

For me, here is some of my favorites:
Lastpass
Doodle Jump
Kindle for Android
Diaro
Catch for Notes
Foxyring
City Jump
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Most of mine are listed above, but I'll add:
CamScanner
Multicon
ConvertPad
Scanner Radio
Rainy Days
CPU Tuner
FBReader
JustPictures
PicSay

Related

Best Apps for the legend

I wanted to start a thread where Legend users could post there views of the best apps for the Legend.
apps is personal, there are no rights and wrongs, just taste.
- No lock ,
Tired of the lock screen?
If you want to use your phone as quickly as possible, this app is for you.
It simply disables the lock screen. Press the unlock/menu button just once and the screen turns on immediately.
- Layer ,
augmented reality really cool
- Google Maps Navigation ,
great GPS app .
- Appbrain App,
Appbrain is one stop Android store for all the apps that you might ever need. With this website users can easily browse Android apps based on categories and user ratings. Users can also download the AppBrain app to easily sync applications
right from any web browser.
- Shazam ,
With Shazam you can identify music tracks, store them, and buy them; plus you can learn more about the artist and connect to their MySpace page.
- Advanced task killer free
This app is very useful, I would even recommend for new users who have no clue why their Android phone may be sluggish.
- SuperGENS Lite ,
Fun for playing old super Nintendo games
- xda app
please post and share your knowledge and experience with others
My Tracks - GPS track recorder / uploader
RMaps - nice Google Maps alternative (with support for alternative map sources, compass rotation etc.)
Seesmic - twitter client
Tricorder - funny sensor monitor
WeatherBug - weather conditions/forecasts
Astrid - TODO manager
FBReader - eBook reader
Barcode Scanner - indispensable barcode-to-url translation tool
Ulysse Gizmos - compass + gps info + inclinometer + magnetometer
My 36 Top Favorite Android apps .
"Not in any order"
1.Google Maps
2.Facebook
3.SnowStorm ( Weather app )
4.Google Translate
5.DropBox
6.ColorNote
7.Currency Converter
8.FX Camera
9.Google Sky Map
10.Google Goggles
11.Iglaset ( SystemBolaget app )
12.Triage
13.Meebo IM
14.PhotoShop Mobile
15.RunKeeper
16.Prisjakt
17.Sms-Biljetter
18.Speak & Send
19.TrafikInfo
20.Spotify
21.STHLM Traveling
22.SpeedTest
23.TripJournal
24.Urban Dictionary
25.Voice Search
26.Barcode Scanner
27.Google Voice
28.Youtube
29.Android "Market"
30.Imobsters & World War & Mistique,2 player ripples,Basketbakk shot,Droid jump,Dooble checker,Jewels,Pinball ,Solitare ,Super K.O Boxing 2 ,Traffic Rush( games )
31.Dolphin HD browser
32.Compass
33.EuroSport
34.Ghost Commander
35.Places Directory
36.Shopper
Test some out .
CHeers
I've had my Legend for only 2 days, here is what I use:
-ScoreMobile (sports scores and news)
-3G Watchdog (monitors my monthly data usage)
-1337pwn (xbox live friends list)
-Advanced Task Killer (kills open apps)
-DoggCatcher (solid podcast app)
-Note Everything (quick notes)
-AudioManager Pro (volume adjustment)
-Handcent SMS (SMS & MMS app)
-WiFi Manager
-Barcode Scanner
That's all for now.
here are a few of mine
Google Listen
Astro file manager
Retro Clock
Handcent
Keepassdroid
Google Maps Brut
auto lock, lets you choose a time frame in which your Legend won't ask for the security pattern when unlocking...
Here's some of mine that I've used on my G1, Hero and now Legend:
AnyCut - Allows you to alter labels of Icons on the home screen.
Astrid Tasks - A little "To Do" list manager, handy to remember things.
ASTRO - File manager, easy enough right?
eBuddy - Stable and what I've found to be the best MSN client.
engadget - Although I live in the UK, I like the tech feeds from it.
FxCamera - Camera emulator/FX which I mainly use for its Fisheye mode.
Jewels - This is just an addictive, simple game.
MySettings - More of a widget to change most common settings easily at the touch of a button instead of racing into the settings menu everytime.
No Lock - An app to disable the lock screen, so you can unlock without having to hit the power button everytime. Only just got this so might not keep it
Robo Defense - Free or Full, this is addictive if you've ever heard of tower defense.
Shazam - Names music through sound tagging if you don't know the name!
Sky News - Handy for looking at news on the go.
Task Manager (Green Android Icon, holding red X) - I prefer this to all other Task programs, has a really nice neat widget and clear UI.
UK National Rail Train Departures - Downloadable only off the net from the National Rail site or somewhere, but so handy for checking train times etc.
WikiMobile - Wikipedia on the go, simples.
XDA - Duh?
p.s. This should be pinned either here on in the apps section of the forum possibly?

What apps has everyone installed?

Being new to Android, I'm just wondering what everyone has installed on their Aria. ^_^
IMDb, xda, engadget, unit converter, flashlight, Facebook. I've installed plenty big others but those are the ones I use on a daily basis so far.
Sent from my HTC Aria
I have almost the same, Google Sky Map is a must have. The IMDB app is awesome!
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App
pandora, no-lock, pong time, dog whistle, shazam, the weather channel, xda, flashlight, google goggles, google skymap, shopper.
no-lock is great for just the optic push to wake-up
advanced task killer,astro file manager, audio manager,battery status pro,handcent sms, history eraser, pandora, palringo, shazaam,silent boot,spare parts, startup cleaner 2.0,tts extender, unistaller, louder volume hack,better keyboard.................lol..thats it
Abduction, Advanced Task Killer*, Android LightSaber, Bank of America, Basic Instructions, Blow Up, BreakTheBlock, Bump, doubleTwist, Engadget, fring, Google Goggles, GolfLogix, Google Sky Map, IMDb, Layar, Movies, Nesoid Lite, Pandora, Quadrant Standard, Quickoffice*, ScoreCenter, Shazam*, The Weather Channel, TV Listings*, xda*
Starred apps are highly recommended. I haven't actually tested doubleTwist (a music app that integrates with iTunes), so I can't comment on its usability.
Handcent, Swype, Shazam, Last.fm, Google Goggles, ShopSavvy, Locale
Locale's my favorite, saves me tons of battery. It'll adjust itself either by location or time. You can adjust the brightness, change ringtones and wallpapers. For me, I have one for my house, so when I get home, it automatically connects to my WiFi network, turns the brightness down to 20% and turns my ringer to full volume. Great for someone at work too. Although the app is at $9.99, it saves me lots of battery.
Currently, this is my list of installed:
Find It : The Simpsons
Tapatalk Forum App (Demo)
Space Man
Ultimate Cave
Traffic Rush
EasyTether Lite
Sad Trombone Widget
Rimshot Widget
Wifi Analyzer
Better Terminal Emulator Pro
Basketball Shot
Picasa Tool Pro
SpeedView
Scanner Radio
Photoshop.com Mobile
StreamFurious
XDA-Developers
PhoneWeaver
Radar Now!
Gmail Unread Count
BeyondPod Podcast Manager
Battery Widget
HP iPrint Photo
EMusic Downloader
iMap Weather™
DIRECTV
Proxoid
Mazeoid II
Bubble level
Bonsai Blast
Barcode Scanner
EStrongs File Explorer
AK Notepad
Live Scores
Astrid Task/Todo List
Google Voice
WeatherBug
Advanced Task Killer
Last.fm - Personal Radio
Dropbox
Google Maps
mustard
AppBrain App Market
View this app list on AppBrain
Too many to list but my favs are
-fake caller id (best for prank calling friends)
-skymaps
-advanced task killer
-The boxing game super ko 2 or something
-gps status
-gps test (which by the way the aria's gps works amazingly well compared to my fuze)
Just to name a few:
ATK, Bank of America, Mint.com, Google Sky, XDA, Shazam, Pandora, Daily Dilbert, XKCD, Astro File Manager, Yelp, Congress, Quick Uninstaller, Spare parts, Adobe reader.
Just trying to et hang of new HTC Aria these are few apps installed so far..
Advantaced Task Killer, IStockManger, Funambol, PayPal, Easy Note + 2do ...
Need to fine app for BB&T ... Any suggestion ?
Would love any game suggestions, I am rather disappointed by the lack of games on android, plenty of opportunity for profit.
andoh said:
Would love any game suggestions, I am rather disappointed by the lack of games on android, plenty of opportunity for profit.
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I've installed Falling Ball and Labryinth Lite. They're not bad.
Definitely the best game I've come across is Bonsai Blast.

What must have paid apps do you have? What about rooted apps?

I like to see these threads from time to time. What rooted only apps or other must have apps do you have?
excluding games and donate versions of software
PDF creator
sysem panel
tapatalk pro
Root explorer and titanium backup for me.
titanium backup for me is a must have.
Root Explorer
Titanium Backup Pro
Juicedefender/ultimate juice
TapTalk Pro
SwiftKeys
Plumes
AdwEX
and a few others but they are not as important
a little more original then TB gents! anyone who has rooted or flashed another ROM could tell you that, how about something that is used frequently or you couldn't live without that doesn't have to do with flashing. Step it up!! i am looking forward to some cool apps
root explorer
led density changer
dropbox
transdroid
Torque. OBDII scanner
GeOrg. Geocaching
TB
Root Explorer
Roam Control
Tasker
Check the link in my sig.
PowerAmp
LauncherPro
DroidWall
Vignette
AdFree
Music Downloader Pro
SambaFilesharing
Root Explorer..
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PowerAmp
LauncherPro
DroidWall
Vignette
AdFree
Music Downloader Pro
SambaFilesharing
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Is that music downloader pro the one that well haha downloads MP3s to your phone?
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Is that music downloader pro the one that well haha downloads MP3s to your phone?
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Affirmative. It has been renamed, now called "Ayal Music Pro", available in the market.
Titanium backup
Battery Indicator Pro
Launcher Pro Plus
ADW ex
Beautiful Widgets
Extended Control's
Root Explorer
PowerAmp
SketchBook Mobile
Widget Locker
Adfree
Maildroid Pro
Setcpu
Clockr evo
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i like poweramp, but just haven't bought it, cant quite get over the $5 price even though its not alot of money its just more than i want to pay for an app.
i do wish it had volume booster, otherwise nice app
my list of apps are
touchdown for android (my company does not allow mobile sync, this gets around that).
good morning - alarm clock that tells weather, emails tasks, etc
flight director
camera360 - great line sketch modes
connectbot - ssh terminal
Biblereader kjv
autostarts
barcode scanner
angry birds (seasons and regular)
appbran app market
ak notepad
basketball shot
astro
gps status
jetvd
layar
miren browser
need for speed shift
pandora
root explorer
shootme
shopsavvy
teslaled (i use the strobe light feature mainly)
usa traffic cameras
titanium backup
zimly (my poweramp replacement *free)
i have several other apps/games installed
IceCreaMan said:
i like poweramp, but just haven't bought it, cant quite get over the $5 price even though its not alot of money its just more than i want to pay for an app.
i do wish it had volume booster, otherwise nice app
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The preamp on the EQ handles volume boosting nicely. I agree, $5 is a premium, but you get what you pay for, and as much as I use my Evo for listening to music, I feel the cost is worth it. Eh, but that's just me *lol*
Most of my must-have paid apps have been mentioned. Here are a few that weren't:
Gentle Alarm - best alarm clock, I use it daily
Swiftkey
WavPlayer - plays the funky file format from my home & office VoIP voicemail
BeyondPod - podcast manager
Donation, not paid:
Craiglist Nofication - hands down the best & most used app on my phone. I have found many great deals on CL by jumping on them the instant they showed up in my searches.
I also like Palmary Weather a lot, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a "must-have."

List of top-20, must have apps for the Vibrant?

Just wondering if there was a top-X list somewhere for beginner users who have just moved to Vibrant like myself. I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458 and found some valuable tips but did you see a list posted anywhere. Just wondering!
lektrix said:
Just wondering if there was a top-X list somewhere for beginner users who have just moved to Vibrant like myself. I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458 and found some valuable tips but did you see a list posted anywhere. Just wondering!
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here are a couple of my favorite apps... a bunch of them are paid, but worth it I think.
3G Watchdog
ad free
barcode scanner
go sms
gps status
isyncr
power amp
quickpic
root explorer
smart keyboard pro
springpad
tapatalk
titanium backup
tweetdeck
widgetlocker
also Launcher Pro or ADW EX, both are great!
Oh yea..those are awesome...
I love ADW EX...but not to repaeat i will try to just add on...
XDA Developers
Advanced Task Killer
Beautiful Widgets
Bloater
Audio manager (Hide it Pro)
Chandroid (for the deviant in me)
Dropbox
Handcent SMS
Lookout Mobile Security
MetaMorph
arelia said:
Oh yea..those are awesome...
I love ADW EX...but not to repaeat i will try to just add on...
XDA Developers
Advanced Task Killer
Beautiful Widgets
Bloater
Audio manager (Hide it Pro)
Chandroid (for the deviant in me)
Dropbox
Handcent SMS
Lookout Mobile Security
MetaMorph
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good choice on Bloater there
text secretary, Zedge, Applanet, root explorer, rom manager, mobile ap shortcut, setcpu, appbrain
birgertime said:
good choice on Bloater there
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Yes....you made my day with that app after my first ROM flash !!
here are some of my favorites in no particular order:
BLN control
Desktop visualizer
zdbox
voodoo control
Titanium backup
shootme
coltage control
root explorer
wolfram alpha
appbrain market
poweramp
pulse
unified remote
3g watchdog
Soundhound ftw.
oh, and Megavideo is a close second.
I'm guessing all of these require you to "root" the phone or modify it in some way? I modify desktop computers all the time but not really familiar with mobile phones...lots of reading for me to do, hopefully I get myself up to par!
BTW I have no data, just WIFI!
lektrix said:
I'm guessing all of these require you to "root" the phone or modify it in some way? I modify desktop computers all the time but not really familiar with mobile phones...lots of reading for me to do, hopefully I get myself up to par!
BTW I have no data, just WIFI!
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MOST of the ones listed, no.
But trust me, if you read, "rooting" will be the least of your worries .
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MOST of the ones listed, no.
But trust me, if you read, "rooting" will be the least of your worries .
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Exactly, once you root look out because no matter how great the rom your running is you'll still want to checkout the latest & greatest. If you do decide to root you'll definitely want these apps.
Root Explorer
Rom Manager
Superuser
Titanium backup
SGS Tools
Angry birds rio!
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My Personal TOP 10+ Apps
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1. AdFree
2. AppBrain
3. Battery Indicator
4. Beautiful Widgets
5. Download All Files
6. MyWeb
7. Pandora
8. TubeMate
9. Root Explorer
10. Quick Boot (One of my fav's! Reboots phone faster than the Power Menu mods)
11. IP Webcam
12. CacheMate
13. Remote Notifier
These i use quite a bit
Real Calc
Barcode scanner
Task manger
Cam scanner
Ulysse Gizmo
System panel
For fun Pic Say
I use Launcher Pro, System Panel (paid version to monitor what apps are using my battery), Swiftkey (30 day trial is available in the market, I find the prediction better and faster than the gingerbread keyboard), Tapatalk Pro (for viewing message boards), last.fm (music app like pandora)
adfree
barcode scanner
call confirm
ebuddy
kapersky mobile security (they are giving away 6 months free service)
root explorer
miui music player
save mms
xda
key ring rewards
games:
crazy snowboard
zendice
tri-towers
words free
pool break pro
poker square
let's golf
homerun battle 3D
doodle bowling
Titanium Backup
AutoStarts
Elixir, System Panel, and Androzip all have good task managers and do more than just manage apps
DropBox
FolderOrganizer
SwipePad and/or PowerStrip
GPS Test
Tricorder
Virtual Trackball (but use the dpad)
VLC S&C
gStrings
iMap Weather (spot on, and never runs in the background)
Traffic Widget
Inserty and/or Clipper
*Quick Addroid (get the Pro version) I open this most often, works for anything you have to remember, great for tracking medications, smokes, diet, times your Ex.... whatever, in case you want to keep track....
Business Calendar or Touch Calendar (I hear Gemini is good if you like it, too)
Extensive Notes or NoteEverything
Smart Keyboard or Ultra Keyboard (Smart runs a bit cleaner, but it's not quite as cute/customizeable) - they both allow voice input right from the keyboard, swipe entry, and a recognizable layout
Ringdroid
Car Home from Market, but it needs a clock
Simple Audio Manager - it's so tiny and useful I almost forgot it
Right now I like Seesmic, but you'll likely troll around for the right Social app(s) for you.
I am also heavily dependent on Google Voice and am very happy with Handcent for SMS (so I know who I'm texting by what color their bubble is. Trust me, it's worth it.)
And yes, as a matter of fact, I do spend way too much time checking out apps, and all of these developers have been great with me, and I'm a pest.
Once you get a handle on things, if you want to automate volume/connectivity, I strongly recommend Tasker. I tried Locale, and a bunch of other schedulers, auto-text reply apps, call filters, power managers, but Tasker replaced all of them, and just the way I like it.
EDIT: Blast those background apps. I recommend SMSBackup+, too. Backs up your call log to your calendar.
pulse reader - this one is the best!
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See most of my favorites already. As a fellow newbie I find these useful:
Quick boot (awesome)
Bloater
SGS tools
My backup (too cheap for TB pro)
Voodoo Control
Quickpic
Voltage Control
XDA App
Ad free android
Rom manager
Ebuddy
Go SMS
Launcher Pro
Winamp
Tune in radio
Games:
Star Traders RPG Elite
(mostly text based RPG w/fantastic Devs and frequent updates)
Yongzh's GBA Emulator
(just so I can play pokemon lol)
EDT's ZSJPJ Tweaked + Overstock 1.4.2
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Apps U use on your WP8 device

Which apps use on your devices?
Authenticator (think Google Authenticator)
bart mobile (when in the Bay Area)
Fiction Book Reader (for DRM-free ebooks; I've tried a few others too such as Point Reader which is different and cool)
Flashlight (does what the name implies...)
Here Drive/Transit/Maps (of course, although Here Drive pisses me off quite badly at times)
IM+ (for GTalk, Yahoo Messenger, and AIM contacts)
LinkedIn (mostly for answering messages / network requests)
Lync 2013 (for work)
Mango Transit (basically acts like the built-in Maps app but adds the ability to get directions via transit instead of only driving or walking)
MTGBugs NEXT (helpful app for Magic: the Gathering players)
My Account (T-Mobile US carrier account info app)
Netflix
OneBusAway (somewhat regional but very helpful)
oPenGP (PGP/GPG client; not great but does the job)
OverDrive (for getting e-books and e-audiobooks from the library)
Pandora (not a lot, since I have a Zune / Xbox Music pass, but sometimes)
RemoteDesktop (works fantastically)
Skype (of course)
Speedtest.net (just like the website, basically)
The SSH Client (also works great, and yes I use both RDP and SSH servers)
WTA Trailblazer (only useful if you happen to live in Washington, or want to do hikes here, but I do...)
Yelp
This is a pretty partial list - just the stuff that I use *regularly* - and excludes the following categories of apps:
Games (lots of those)
Built-in apps (I don't use all of them, but I use a lot of them)
Homebrew apps (given what I do here, this should be obvious)
#mowithlove (for giving mustache to pics)
advanced english dictionary
CamScanner (very useful app)
Flashlight XT
LazyLens(For pics effects)
Nokia smart camera
Moliplayer Pro(watching Movies)
myAppfree (daily one free app)
Nokia Mix radios
Nokia cinemagraph(Animated photoes)
Youtube HD
Lockmix (i love this app)
Most of the Nokia apps, Bing news & weather, Netflix, mytube, Hulu plus, flashlight x, swipe tunes, various games, Skype, instagram beta, tumblr, pininterest, vba8, snes8, imdb, mediafire, PayPal, Pandora, tapatalk, chronos, contacts, battery meter and baconit. Some others too
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I've got a number of apps that I've installed but only so many I actually use...
Remoting into other computers:
TeamViewer - for when RDP doesn't want to cooperate.
ConnectMe - RDP client, kinda works...NetBIOS names seem to break on WP8.
Music&Video:
onePlayer - a decent DLNA app that kinda works (its really a WP7 app, Nokia's PlayTo does the opposite of what I want; I loved HTC's Connected Music app for WP7)
ModPhone7 - Plays tracker music (MODs, XMs, ITs, S3Ms)
WOMP - Also plays tracker music, it was the first in the store to actually work.
Sat Rad Player - An app that plays the streams from SiriusXM. Its no longer in the store AFAIK...
MPAtool - used to be homebrew for WP7, but its officially a legitamate app now. It mostly adds images from last.fm, but does a basic google image search too...
Games:
Tiny Death Star - A freemium game thats actually playable without throwing real money at it.
VGBC/VGBA/SNES8X/EmiGens/EmiPSX - Emulators that I use to kill time in public. Sometimes I wish they made a shell-like moga controller (I don't actually use these too often where I'd want to purchase one, but not all of these have support for it either...)
Internet Stuff:
UCBrowser - A "private" browser that has previously had a homebrew version for WP7. Also works for downloading stuff that IE wouldn't download.
Amazing Weather HD - Nice live tile.... Thats about it. I solely use this to check the weather. (Radar is meh in all weather apps in the store.)
SysApp Pusher - A must have for checking updates and installing apps for other OEMs.
Skype - I occasionally chat with other xda members using this, but it doesn't always work in the background.
Zinio - I have a few magazines I read using their service. Namely PCMag....
MetroTube - Some might actually object to this, but it just has always worked for me. I also had this on WP7 a year ago. I download some youtube videos using this, but I'd wish it had a transfer to music+videos option to watch it on something else or to download them to the PC.
Gasbuddy - I used to try and report gas prices to help others, but since I'm the one who does most of the driving... its not very useful unless I need to find gas in the first place.
Windows Phone Central - This is kinda the only news I read anymore. Politics and regional news is the same stuff month after month.
Tapatalk - I post here using it when I need to just do a quick update on what I'm doing or if I can actually help someone.
facebook beta - Its facebook... what more can I say about it?
wptorrent pro - a torrent app that plays movies and stuff...it shares the files to the local network via a web-server.
Lockscreen background:
Lock Manager - a visually appealing lockscreen that I can live with that has the weather in a format that doesn't take too much of the lockscreen image away.
glance background - added a monochrome version of Master Chief (John) from Halo and set it too look like it was on 8bit device
Mapping/GPS Stuff
HERE Drive+ - Annoying as h***, I use it mainly for my current part-time job and I'm beginning to feel extreme hate for it. The fact it mutes the audio when it announces things is the first annoyance instead of pausing the music or just ducking behind the music volume while announcing the directions. The second annoyance is that it doesn't announce the address right before I destinate. (at least after the last update it shows the hose number instead of just the street name.) Also, it doesn't always have the most accurate maps, its 3 years outdated in my region, so roads have been renamed and other roads have been outright closed. When not actually not on the road it tends to snap you to the road, so you could be in a parking garage where it snaps you to a road when you are actually on a different one. This app fully assumes that you are still heading the "proper" directions until it recalculates in ~5-10 seconds. All of this just makes me wish the Garmin app wasn't so darned expensive.
gMaps - I use this when Nokia Drive/Bing Maps/anything that uses the OS's maps are out of date and need to get to a missing street.
GPS Voice Navigation - I've dabbled with this a bit enough to say its nice to use, but requires data; navigating around the app isn't as straight forward as it should be.
Developer Apps:
TimeMe - a clock tile with the date, battery percentage and the current weather (just temp and status e.g. cloudy image and temp)
Native Toast Launcher - Used for launching hidden pages inside any app.
US MO Apps - for whenever I can get Fiddler to work right again...
Apps
Whatsapp
gMaps+
Yelp
TileCam <-- best live tile app! I love to see my ski resorts live cam on a tile!
Skype
Bing Weather
Bing News
Shazam
GeoPhoto
Nokia Panorama (with proxy on HTC 8x) :good:
Surfcube Browser
FlashVideo
... and my own apps
WOOPLR
Downloader Youtube of Hidrosoft developer
does anyone know a app that allows you to pin the tethering to the tiles page or some kind of widget, can't seem to find it.
hopefully someone can help.
thanks
Too bad whatsapp isn´t actively developed anymore (still no proper 8.1 support?). Does Facebook have any other plans?
I don't use apps that much, but I prefer the OS above all others
Adobe reader.
Awesome Lock (Live lock screens with weather, news).
Birdy bounce ( Old wp7 game , not in store anymore but I have the xap).
Ebay.
Facebook.
Files (File explorer).
Gizmodo (News reader).
Grapher Calculator.
Heise Online News (News reader)
Hill Climb Racing (Game).
IO Explorer (Homebrew made by XDA User).
Livedrive (same as OneDrive but then paid and 2TB).
Navigon Europe ( Best Navigation there is but real expensive).
Navigon FreshMaps XL Europe ( Map updates for Navigon).
OBD Auto Docktor (Auto Diagnostic Tool).
PayPal ( But sucks).
Preview for Developers .
SamWP8 Tools ( Homebrew by XDA User).
Skype.
Store Deals.
Tapatalk.
TeamViewer.
Twitter.
WhatsApp.
WPCentral (News reader).
WPH Tweaks (Homebrew tweaking tool).
Zombie Tsunami (Game).
From A to Z
Adobe Reader
Amazing Weather HD
Angry Birds Go
Checkers 2
Clock wp 8.1
CloudSix for dropbox
Copter Classic
Empty Tiles
Facebook Beta
Files
Find Me
Flappy Bird
Flashlight
GeoPhoto
Here Drive + ( still missing a Truck option and/or dangerous goods routes )
Lock Screen
Lumia System Updater
Lumia Storage Check Beta
Metrotube
Preview for Developers
Pushbullet Beta
Race the Stig
Stop Music
Super percentage Calculator
Tile-Clock
Torrex Pro
Transparancy Tiles
Uitslag calculator ( my private little project build by another developer, its in the store bud hidden )
WhatsApp
Wordfeud ( pirated version, the original sucs )
WP Central
2015 IIHF Powered by Skoda (Finland!!)
6tag
9gag
Counters by teenurmi (LOL)
Facebook Beta
Flashlifht XT
Geocaching live
Gestures Beta (Really useful app)
Groupon
Here Drive+, Maps, Transit (Hope that Here apps developing does not stop or decrease (no Windows Phone banner even here.com site right now ))
LinkedIn
Lumia Camera
Lumia Creative Studio
Lumia Moments
Lumia Panorama
Lumia Video Trimmer
meme Generator
MixRadio
Movie Creator Beta
Movie Maker
myTube!
Netflix
Office Lens
OneDrive
PDF Reader
Photosynth
Preview for Developers
Simple Training Timer
Skype
Speedtest.net
Spotify
Health and fitness
Translator
TuneIn Radio
Twitter
Video Tuner
Vine
WhatsApp
WhatsApp Video Optimizer
Windows Insider
WolframAlpha
#1Toolkit - tools for different quick measurements.
8 Zip - archivator app.
Cornet - good for quick network diagnosis.
Device Shot - posting a screenshot in a device of your choice .
EXIF Reader - quick photo exif data reading.
Fantastic Lock - tile for quick lock
PuTTy - the best SSH/telnet client there is on this planet.
Remote Desktop - MS RDP.
Teamviewer - if no RDP available.
Ringtone Maker
SkyMap - a cool map of the sky with realtime camera pointing and ability to show constelations and other cool stuff.
Tapatalk - for posting to this site .
Total Commander - really great dual pane file manager.
WinBox Lite - mikrotik router os basic tasks
Media Center 8.1 - great and customizable music player with flac and ogg support.
for GPS i use GPS Voice Navigation as here maps are atrocious for my region.
and the usual ones, like:
Wpcentral
Neowin
Tapatalk
Skype
Facebook
Disqus
Twitter
Viber
Messenger
Mix Radio
The most important:
6tag
Facebook
gMaps
Here Drive+
OneDrive
GDrive.NET
Lumia Camera
Messenger
OneNote
Skype
SuperTube
Uber

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